Being a big fan of advertising imagery, I was really excited to see the following press release drop into my Inbox. ‘Works by photographers Irving Penn, Nadav Kander and Richard Avedon are among those on show at a new exhibition called Advertising Art.Avedon’s iconic photograph of model Iman for an Alexon campaign, along with a striking campaign for L’Oreal by Penn, will line up alongside famous images for Silk Cut, Absolut Vodka, Pirelli Tyres and Boddingtons. The aim of the exhibition, organised by The Chambers Gallery in London, is to showcase the art of the art director. The curator, Philip Roe, comments: ‘This exhibition, the first to offer original advertising artwork for sale as fine art, will signal the end of that hoary old debate about the status of commercial art. We can see for ourselves: advertising art can be art of the highest quality.’The exhibition features original photographs and artwork for ads created by some of the most famous names in UK advertising, including the late great Paul Arden, who died last month; Sir John Hegarty; Tim Delaney; and Paul Belford, among others. The Advertising Art exhibition runs from until 14 June.’See www.thechambersgallery.co.uk for more.

This is a great T-shirt design community, combining a modest but welcoming forum and regular T-shirt design competitions and contests. You can submit your own ideas for a T-shirt as well as rate the work of others, then you can order the T-shirts that you like for a very reasonable price. Personally, I’ll be going for the Electric Tape T-shirt (www.bangbangt-shirts.com/IndividualTShirt.aspx?PostID=168). Check it out for yourself and even win cash prizes for your designs at www.bangbangt-shirts.com.

I really want to get a copy of this book: One World One View. It’s a 124-page book with 115 images of people from around the world taken by HH Judge Nic Madge. The full sale price of £9.99 will go to the African Children’s Educational Trust (A-CET), which really makes a difference to the lives of young African children. Find out more about the charity and how to order the book at www.a-cet.org.uk/book.

Adam and I are off to the D&AD Awards Ceremony tonight. Check out the next issue of the magazine (Advanced Photoshop 45, on sale 19 June) for a full rundown of the event and the winners.

The Photographer’s Gallery is organising an exhibition showcasing photography from UK BA or MA students who have graduated in the past year. freshfacedandwildeyed08 will be a two-week summer exhibition and online gallery made up of submissions entered through www.photonet.org.uk/freshfacedandwildeyed08 from now until 21 May. Check the site out now for submission guidelines.

I can barely keep up with all the new exhibitions opening at the moment

The Nu Visual Language exhibition is still on at the Bargate Monument Gallery in Southampton until 15 July, and I can highly recommend it to anyone having been up to check it out for myself. The exhibition features 12 artworks, each a collaboration with Brand Nu and one other artist, inspired by a piece of music, and the location is excellent! Find out more at www.nuvisuallanguage.co.uk.

This is a unique exhibition project combining design and music and is the brainchild of Radim Malinic (aka Brand Nu

The Pump House Gallery in Wandsworth is showing an exhibition of the works of Peter Kennard. This intriguing exhibition showcases over 40 original photomontages, who has been described as ‘Britain’s master of photomontage’. The exhibition is on until 30 March, so check it out while you still can. Click here to find out more.

NVIDIA and CGSociety have announced the theme for the latest NVArt Digital Art Challenge, which is